Wednesday, 3 October 2018
2047 Herbert Willison
Constituency : Nuneaton 1923-24
Herbert took Nuneaton from the Tories. He took the seat from the Tory barrister Henry Maddocks, with whom he had a longstanding professional relationship, in a three-cornered contest..
Herbert was a solicitor who practised in Birmingham and had a strong reputation as a civil lawyer. In 1922, he came third in Birmingham Deritend.
In 1924, Herbert was pushed into third in a tight contest as the Tories won the seat. In 1929, he climbed up to second as Labour took the seat. In 1931, he stood as a Liberal National but the Tories would't make way for him and took the seat with Herbert finishing a poor third.
In the thirties, Herbert vacillated between the Liberal Nationals and the official party attending meetings of both the National Liberal Federation and the Liberal National Council.
He died in 1943, aged 71.
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